Example sentences of "[conj] not [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Agreement is sought and where not reached a fair statement of disagreement is provided .
2 But this is only available where the council or inspector has either misinterpreted the law or not followed the proper procedures .
3 For example , in the various stages of pre-trial procedure the party who is ultimately successful may have caused undue delay or not followed the proper procedure and been penalised at that time by the award of costs against him or her in respect of a particular hearing .
4 The buy-out team will need to decide whether or not to form a new company ( " Newco " ) to make the acquisition .
5 On July 11 Shevardnadze became chairman of the committee to organize the DRM 's constituent conference , scheduled for September 1991 , when participants would decide whether or not to form a political party .
6 The two-part referendum asked voters to choose whether or not to retain the existing electoral system , and to express a preference for one of four alternative systems .
7 In the most serious cases , a field man will always be concerned with covering himself in deciding whether or not to take a formal sample .
8 Rochester Telephone Co , Rochester , New York has called in Bell Communications Research Inc to help with a study into whether or not to deploy a broadband fibre optic network in its local service area .
9 Where the question is whether or not to open a new station , ‘ we balance the risks of lengthening the journey time against potential new traffic . ’
10 It rejected the majority view in Attwood that , in employment cases , there existed a third consideration viz : it is for the court to decide in its discretion whether or not to treat the two restraints as separate or not .
11 However , if the OR is satisfied the next step in the liquidation is for a meeting of creditors and shareholders to decide whether or not to appoint an outside liquidator .
12 On the other hand , if we look at a later decision-making episode in the same project when the pupils are temporarily in role as Indians who have to decide whether or not to receive a white stranger into their midst ( p. 53 ) , this is more likely to have been played seriously as a real game for by then the children , after several lessons on the same project , were steeped in the material sufficiently deeply to respect the rich complexity of the problem .
13 The effect of ending the rule will be to give retailers freedom to choose whether or not to charge the same , whether payment is made by credit card or cash . ’
14 All of this unavoidably suggested that the ‘ central question in the debates now under way in the country is the question of recognising or not recognising the leading role of the party and the working class in socialist construction , and hence in restructuring ’ .
15 Whether they value their police service enough or not and whether it needs more money or not to do a good job or whether the authorities should take a look at how it is being run .
16 Thus ( 1 ) article 10 may be used for the purpose of the resolution of an ambiguity in English primary or subordinate legislation : Ex parte Brind , per Lord Bridge of Harwich , at pp. 747–748 ; per Lord Roskill , at pp. 749–750 ; per Lord Ackner , at p. 760. ( 2 ) Article 10 may be used when considering the principles upon which the court should act in exercising a discretion , e.g. whether or not to grant an interlocutory injunction : per Lord Templeman and Lord Ackner in Attorney-General v. Guardian Newspapers Ltd. [ 1987 ] 1 W.L.R. 1248 , 1296 , 1307 ; In re W. ( A Minor ) ( Wardship : Restrictions on Publication ) [ 1992 ] 1 W.L.R. 100 , 103 , in the Court of Appeal .
17 So in relation to section 13(1) of the Acts of 1974 and 1976 , for a judge ( who is always dealing with an individual case ) to pose himself the question : ‘ Can Parliament really have intended that the acts that were done in this particular case should have the benefit of the immunity ? ’ is to risk straying beyond his constitutional role as interpreter of the enacted law and assuming a power to decide at his own discretion whether or not to apply the general law to a particular case .
18 A decision has to be made whether or not to launch the new product .
19 These powers were employed with telling effect on a series of ‘ H-block ’ marches , when hundreds of people were arrested and convicted for taking part in prohibited marches or not observing the 5-day rule .
20 Many people who call for benefit increases in a discussion on whether or not to operate a minimum wage , mysteriously lose their voice in debates to enhance welfare payments ( Sam Brittan and Joe Rogaly , both from the Financial Times stable , are honourable exceptions to this rule ) .
21 For the reasons I have given , I am of the opinion that he was also correct to hold that it was a matter within his discretion to decide whether or not to require the local authority to give an undertaking in damages .
22 She considers whether or not to start a small factory in the region .
23 In a case where a court does have a discretion whether or not to award a judicial remedy despite the existence of an alternative non-judicial remedy , what factors are relevant to deciding how to exercise that discretion ?
24 Although such will does not defeat the claim of the other spouse under the provisions of the Inheritance ( Provision for Family and Dependants ) Act 1975 , if reasonable provision is not made for that spouse , it might be of " persuasive " use to the court in proceedings under that Act in deciding whether or not to award the surviving spouse a limited interest ( eg until remarriage ) or an absolute interest in the deceased 's share of the matrimonial home .
25 The retired baker had been interviewed in the course of a tedious house-to-house enquiry and now it was a question of whether or not to believe the old man .
26 The Humbug ( Dascyllus aruanus ) is a good example and although not achieving the tactile relationship of the clowns , is usually found shoaling close to the anemone 's tentacles , darting away to hide in crevices around the anemone when approached .
27 Comments that the ‘ recession is bottoming out ’ seem more often than not to have a hollow ring about them .
28 We assume that graduates will do and say things in a considered way and not proffer the first thing that occurs to them .
29 He had chosen this woman specifically because she was the sort she was — a simple type , immediately responsive to the baby , no outside involvements , so she was free to give her entire time to him , willing to do without time off while the baby was still on the breast , and not expecting the massive salary most women would want for a job like this .
30 When in doubt the jury tends to acquit and not convict the innocent , and plenty of lawyers can intercept and fly an ILS approach to CPL/IR standards .
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